Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Ad Hoc Committee Established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 Concludes Session without Final Agreement on Counter-Terrorism Convention

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Ad Hoc Committee Established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 Concludes Session without Final Agreement on Counter-Terrorism Convention

“Negotiations are the art of the impossible; it is within our hands to make the possible impossible or the impossible possible,” the Coordinator tasked with ironing out a draft comprehensive counter-terrorism convention said today as the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 concluded its thirteenth session without final agreement on a text.

General Assembly Unanimously Confirms Supachai Panitchpakdi for Second Term as Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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General Assembly Unanimously Confirms Supachai Panitchpakdi for Second Term as Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

The General Assembly this morning unanimously confirmed Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand for a second four-year term as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Acting on a proposal by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Assembly appointed Mr. Supachai to head UNCTAD for a term beginning on 1 September 2009 and ending on 31 August 2013.

No Single Nation or Individual, or Even United Nations Can Address Today’s Crises Alone, Says Secretary-General, Seeking Goodwill Ambassadors’ Sustained Support

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No Single Nation or Individual, or Even United Nations Can Address Today’s Crises Alone, Says Secretary-General, Seeking Goodwill Ambassadors’ Sustained Support

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the meeting with Goodwill Ambassadors and other United Nations supporters in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July:

Secretary-General, Quoting Predecessor U Thant, Says Myanmar Government Has Missed ‘Unique Opportunity’ to Match Country’s Early Commitment to Human Rights

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Secretary-General, Quoting Predecessor U Thant, Says Myanmar Government Has Missed ‘Unique Opportunity’ to Match Country’s Early Commitment to Human Rights

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to diplomatic missions, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations in Yangon, Myanmar on 4 July:
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